Chapter 243:
Hearing this, Xie Yanyu frowned: “Are we really becoming distant?”
They were blood-related brother and sister!
What was all this “you” and “me” business!
Moreover, since he had come, was he supposed to stay somewhere else?
He frowned, and Xie Wanning immediately shivered, shaking her head repeatedly and saying firmly: “I’m not distant. I’m closest to Elder Brother.”
She expressed her determination, but her face showed a hesitant look as if she had more to say. Xie Yanyu looked over. “What’s still wrong?”
“……My place is a bit crude. Elder Brother, please don’t disdain it,” Xie Wanning reminded. “It’s not that I’m distant; it’s just that the place really isn’t suitable for you to stay.”
She simply couldn’t imagine her own elegant and refined elder brother living in a courtyard so cramped that even turning around felt awkward.
This time, not only Xie Yanyu, but even Ji Chengfeng frowned.
No one knew what he was thinking, but his gaze held a bit of heartache. “Where does Cousin live? Take us to see.”
His expression was as if she had moved into a slum.
Xie Wanning could no longer refuse. If she kept refusing, who knew what they would imagine. She could only stand up and say: “Then let’s go.”
Chen Xi’er naturally followed along.
In the carriage, Xie Wanning asked about the situation with the Li Family Young Master’s case.
Chen Xi’er’s face no longer showed the earlier panic. Hearing this, she said: “Master Ji looked through the files and seemed to have discovered something. He sent subordinates to investigate.”
But as for the specific details, she dared not ask too much.
Earlier, when they left the courtyard to give the brother and sister space to talk, they went to the front courtyard study.
Along the way, she several times wanted to get closer, to build a relationship with this newly met cousin. He was Bianzhou’s official, and being on good terms with him would bring nothing but benefits.
But this cousin, who clearly looked like a proper gentleman, was very aloof and distant.
Except…
Chen Xi’er stopped speaking, but Ji Chengfeng took the initiative: “This case isn’t complicated. At the latest tomorrow, I’ll give you all the clear truth.”
That calm and composed tone made people feel that even the biggest matter, in his hands, could be resolved with minimal effort.
Chen Xi’er immediately reddened her eyes and thanked him repeatedly.
Xie Wanning also smiled: “Then many thanks to Cousin.”
Clearly both were cousins, one calling him Master Ji, the other Cousin.
Xie Yanyu’s expression was extremely complex, but in the end, he said nothing.
Amid the idle talk, the carriage stopped.
The group got out of the carriage, and what met their eyes was a narrow alley.
How narrow? So narrow that even a slightly wider carriage couldn’t enter.
Both elder brothers’ faces darkened.
In the silence, Xie Wanning looked inside and said awkwardly: “I forgot to have you prepare a smaller carriage. Actually, inside…”
“Enough,” Xie Yanyu said: “Lead the way.”
Xie Wanning fell silent and obediently led the way in front, but after one step, she was called back by Xie Yanyu.
He frowned, looking at some mossy spots in the alley, held his sister’s arm, and said: “Watch your step, don’t slip.”
He simply couldn’t believe that his precious sister, who was heavy with child, went in and out every day on this road.
If she slipped and fell, the consequences would truly be unimaginable.
Chen Xi’er looked at the so-close brother and sister, her eyes full of undisguised envy.
But Xie Wanning didn’t want her elder brother to worry. While walking, she pointed with her finger at their courtyard: “That’s the one. …It’s not too shabby. Servants and maidservants, whatever is needed is there.”
After all, she wasn’t someone used to hard living.
